Canadian machinery and metalworking (July-December 1917) . end of 1905, therewere 2, miles in operation. In 1906,the QuAppelle, Long Lake & Saskatche-wan Railway connecting up Regina, Sas- katoon and Prince Albert, was Winnipeg-Prince Albert line by wayof Melfort was opened, thus giving Sas-katoon the first competitive line withWinnipeg and the East. In the sameyear the Toronto-Sellwood line throughParry Sound and Sudbury was openedfor traffic. The Quebec & Lake St. JohnRailway, and the Niagara-St. Catharinesand Toronto Railway were also the close of 1908 there we
Canadian machinery and metalworking (July-December 1917) . end of 1905, therewere 2, miles in operation. In 1906,the QuAppelle, Long Lake & Saskatche-wan Railway connecting up Regina, Sas- katoon and Prince Albert, was Winnipeg-Prince Albert line by wayof Melfort was opened, thus giving Sas-katoon the first competitive line withWinnipeg and the East. In the sameyear the Toronto-Sellwood line throughParry Sound and Sudbury was openedfor traffic. The Quebec & Lake St. JohnRailway, and the Niagara-St. Catharinesand Toronto Railway were also the close of 1908 there were 4,361miles in operation. The Saskatoon-Cal-gary line was opened as far as Rose-town, Sask., in 1909, and during the sameyear the Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winni-peg Railway connecting Fort Francis toVirginia, was also in operation. TheCentral Ontario Railway was acquiredand the Hawkesbury-Ottawa line openedfor traffic. At the end of 1909 the mile-age totalled 4, miles. The next few years saw further im-portant developments in the sys-. SPECIAL TRAIN OF FIFTEEN COACHES DRAWN BY ONE LOCOMOTIVE WHICHINAUGURATED A TRANSCONTINENTAL SERVICE FOR ITS PARTICULAR ROAD. tem. In 1910 the Saskatoon-Calgary linewas extended to Kindersley, and thePrince Albert-Shellbrook line was openedfor traffic. The Bay of Quinte Railway, theBrockville, Westport and NorthwesternRailway, and the Irondale, Bancroft &Ottawa Railway were acquired. TheRoyal Line Atlantic steamship service,now a part of the Cunard System, wasinaugurated in 1910. The developmentsin 1911 included the opening for trafficof the Vegreville-Drumheller, North andSouth lines in Alberta; Hudsons BayJunction-Le Pas line; the Radville An-tar (Moose Jaw) line, and the Shell-brook-Big River line. The Duluth, Win-nipeg and Pacific line was also openedfor traffic into Duluth, and the Toronto-Ottawa line was opened at Deseronto,Ont. The Saskatoon-Calgary line wasextended to Alsask. At the close of 1911there were 6, miles
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